Molecular characterization of the oafA locus responsible for acetylation of Salmonella typhimurium O-antigen: OafA is a member of a family of integral membrane trans-acylases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5904-5909

  Slauch, James M ^a   Lee, Angela A ^a,d   Mahan, Michael J ^b   Mekalanos, John J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Microcide Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE ENZYME; O ANTIGEN;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0029837945     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.20.5904-5909.1996     Document Type: Article

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